Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 1996 Num of Struc- tures With 3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More or More Abilene TX MSA* 32 21 0 0 11 1 Albany GA MSA* 123 78 0 12 33 2 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 74 69 0 0 5 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 381 376 0 0 5 1 Alexandria LA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 79 79 0 0 0 0 Altoona PA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 62 40 2 0 20 1 Anniston AL MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 118 102 16 0 0 0 Asheville NC MSA* 91 80 0 11 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 107 79 20 8 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 4192 3231 8 43 910 50 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 158 158 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 953 685 16 0 252 17 Bakersfield CA MSA* 195 170 2 15 8 1 Bangor ME MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 74 71 0 3 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 157 157 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 106 88 0 12 6 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 152 148 0 4 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 1 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 390 385 0 0 5 1 Bismarck ND MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 72 46 14 0 12 1 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 46 44 2 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 321 308 2 4 7 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 743 701 16 6 20 4 Boston MA-NH PMSA 300 277 10 3 10 2 Brockton MA PMSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 22 18 4 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 84 84 0 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 68 66 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 50 37 0 3 10 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 94 94 0 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 140 120 4 0 16 2 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 112 64 48 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 93 72 2 3 16 2 Burlington VT MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 45 43 2 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 45 30 0 15 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 31 22 0 0 9 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 211 191 0 10 10 2 Charleston WV MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1489 948 2 3 536 45 Charlottesville VA MSA* 69 67 2 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 168 162 6 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 32 24 0 0 8 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 2070 1701 38 50 281 33 Chicago IL PMSA 1867 1540 28 46 253 29 Gary IN PMSA 124 115 4 0 5 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 25 15 6 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 54 31 0 0 23 3 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 711 605 18 23 65 8 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 542 453 16 8 65 8 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 169 152 2 15 0 0 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 149 145 4 0 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 511 454 6 18 33 4 Akron OH PMSA 142 127 2 7 6 1 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 369 327 4 11 27 3 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 374 333 4 0 37 1 Columbia MO MSA* 126 78 48 0 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 317 302 12 3 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 130 126 4 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 648 516 8 40 84 9 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 101 89 4 0 8 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 2617 2130 2 0 485 8 Dallas TX PMSA 1958 1501 2 0 455 3 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 659 629 0 0 30 5 Danville VA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 22 20 2 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 226 124 2 0 100 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 215 207 4 4 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2566 1264 22 8 1272 98 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 143 133 10 0 0 0 Denver CO PMSA 2295 1007 8 8 1272 98 Greeley CO PMSA 128 124 4 0 0 0 Des Moines IA MSA* 207 180 4 18 5 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1363 1205 2 44 112 12 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 238 228 0 10 0 0 Detroit MI PMSA 997 854 2 34 107 11 Flint MI PMSA 128 123 0 0 5 1 Dothan AL MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 24 17 2 0 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 12 10 2 0 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 467 205 2 0 260 16 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 78 76 2 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 14 9 0 0 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 26 18 0 0 8 1 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 155 105 4 3 43 2 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 108 102 0 0 6 1 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 114 114 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 246 196 26 8 16 2 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 162 30 4 0 128 1 Florence AL MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 45 35 0 0 10 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 200 180 0 12 8 1 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 445 273 30 50 92 8 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 202 179 10 4 9 1 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 109 47 4 0 58 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 132 132 0 0 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 130 128 2 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 281 273 8 0 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 229 107 0 0 122 14 Glens Falls NY MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 48 45 0 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 68 65 0 3 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 503 355 8 3 137 6 Great Falls MT MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 106 44 10 4 48 4 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 468 453 8 7 0 0 Greenville NC MSA* 85 61 0 0 24 2 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 686 471 6 0 209 10 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Hartford CT MSA* 128 126 2 0 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 137 135 2 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 201 125 2 0 74 2 Houma LA MSA* 53 50 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1854 1572 16 0 266 6 Brazoria TX PMSA 132 132 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 267 90 0 0 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 1455 1350 16 0 89 5 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 11 3 0 3 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 796 726 14 24 32 5 Iowa City IA MSA* 43 18 6 0 19 1 Jackson MI MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 220 193 0 0 27 2 Jackson TN MSA* 56 54 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 1102 595 4 0 503 30 Jacksonville NC MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 120 100 2 7 11 2 Johnstown PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 23 19 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 67 61 2 4 0 0 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1349 1095 10 99 145 14 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 174 162 12 0 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 201 193 2 6 0 0 Kokomo IN MSA* 25 17 8 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 10 6 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 89 89 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 60 46 4 0 10 2 Lake Charles LA MSA* 62 57 2 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 164 164 0 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 54 46 2 0 6 1 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 96 88 0 0 8 1 Laredo TX MSA* 131 78 0 8 45 4 Las Cruces NM MSA* 77 59 0 0 18 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 3028 1450 24 21 1533 153 Lawrence KS MSA* 307 39 40 8 220 17 Lawton OK MSA* 47 33 14 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 276 242 18 10 6 1 Lima OH MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 221 71 2 4 144 1 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 485 206 0 3 276 24 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 1962 1730 22 25 185 15 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 454 326 12 14 102 8 Orange County CA PMSA 388 333 10 11 34 4 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1028 979 0 0 49 3 Ventura CA PMSA 92 92 0 0 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 550 424 4 0 122 15 Lubbock TX MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 72 70 2 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 178 159 0 0 19 2 Madison WI MSA* 102 77 4 16 5 1 Mansfield OH MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 366 318 8 15 25 4 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 130 104 2 6 18 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 319 254 4 0 61 8 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 470 468 2 0 0 0 Merced CA MSA* 85 80 0 0 5 1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1903 1041 14 96 752 46 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1515 784 4 86 641 38 Miami FL PMSA 388 257 10 10 111 8 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 401 275 26 12 88 8 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 359 240 24 12 83 7 Racine WI PMSA 42 35 2 0 5 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 905 841 4 18 42 5 Mobile AL MSA* 281 229 8 0 44 4 Modesto CA MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 136 136 0 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 403 172 0 0 231 12 Naples FL MSA* 321 161 6 31 123 10 Nashville TN MSA 1052 690 6 4 352 27 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 268 209 10 4 45 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 1770 1427 150 49 144 12 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 48 44 0 4 0 0 Bridgeport CT PMSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 18 12 6 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 253 215 2 16 20 2 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 260 258 2 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 240 240 0 0 0 0 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 52 47 0 0 5 1 New York NY PMSA 451 194 132 29 96 6 Newark NJ PMSA 162 155 2 0 5 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 53 51 2 0 0 0 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 38 22 4 0 12 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 45 39 0 0 6 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 636 553 16 11 56 7 Ocala FL MSA* 196 194 2 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 388 364 24 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 286 164 8 0 114 4 Orlando FL MSA 1055 916 4 6 129 8 Owensboro KY MSA* 24 18 0 0 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Pensacola FL MSA* 341 272 2 0 67 1 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 37 34 0 3 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 974 933 36 0 5 1 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 88 64 24 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 620 608 12 0 0 0 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 246 241 0 0 5 1 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 4341 2374 10 22 1935 130 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 291 277 6 3 5 1 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1596 1049 74 37 436 25 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1420 919 50 30 421 23 Salem OR PMSA 176 130 24 7 15 2 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 141 107 8 6 20 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 270 168 20 32 50 2 Pueblo CO MSA* 89 77 4 8 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 72 54 0 0 18 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 873 741 62 8 62 4 Rapid City SD MSA* 31 17 0 0 14 1 Reading PA MSA* 52 52 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 58 48 4 6 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 302 281 2 3 16 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 358 356 2 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 64 57 0 7 0 0 Rochester MN MSA* 25 16 2 7 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 116 92 0 0 24 3 Rockford IL MSA* 116 82 8 8 18 2 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 37 28 0 0 9 1 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 464 453 6 0 5 1 Sacramento CA PMSA 391 389 2 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 73 64 4 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 35 33 2 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 37 24 0 3 10 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 823 748 24 11 40 5 Salinas CA MSA* 56 54 2 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 678 518 6 32 122 15 San Angelo TX MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 603 564 4 3 32 1 San Diego CA MSA 497 421 0 30 46 4 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 936 759 32 57 88 7 Oakland CA PMSA 301 280 0 8 13 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 132 33 32 9 58 3 San Jose CA PMSA 205 169 0 36 0 0 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 158 153 0 0 5 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 107 91 0 4 12 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 71 64 0 0 7 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 58 48 0 0 10 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 437 291 16 4 126 6 Savannah GA MSA* 110 110 0 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1847 1254 52 8 533 42 Bremerton WA PMSA 151 125 2 0 24 2 Olympia WA PMSA 338 117 2 4 215 15 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1039 743 32 4 260 20 Tacoma WA PMSA 319 269 16 0 34 5 Sharon PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 105 95 10 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 13 6 2 0 5 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 59 41 2 4 12 1 South Bend IN MSA* 65 59 0 0 6 1 Spokane WA MSA* 237 125 4 3 105 6 Springfield IL MSA* 82 63 10 0 9 1 Springfield MO MSA* 177 149 28 0 0 0 Springfield MA MSA* 45 41 4 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 224 92 0 0 132 11 Sumter SC MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 32 27 0 0 5 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 143 141 2 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 779 723 8 34 14 2 Terre Haute IN MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 102 76 4 0 22 3 Topeka KS MSA* 42 38 4 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 397 395 2 0 0 0 Tulsa OK MSA* 239 231 8 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 63 63 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 88 86 2 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 46 19 24 3 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 2730 2350 4 8 368 19 Baltimore MD PMSA 693 668 0 8 17 2 Hagerstown MD PMSA 45 41 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 1992 1641 0 0 351 17 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 19 15 4 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 695 669 0 0 26 3 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wichita KS MSA* 185 181 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 257 236 4 0 17 2 Yakima WA MSA* 25 15 4 6 0 0 York PA MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 63 63 0 0 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 81 66 2 3 10 2 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.